I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

Quote by Maria Callas

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I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

Love is so much better when you're not married.

Love is so much better when you're not married.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top,...

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top,...

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one...

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I...

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I...

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam...

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best...

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their...

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their...

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

On stage, I am in the dark.On stage, I am in the dark.

On stage, I am in the dark.On stage, I am in the dark.

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart...

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.